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FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION TITLE: FLORIDA NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY ELEMENT OCCURRENCE Geodataset Name: FLEO_MAR09 Geodataset Type: SHAPEFILE Geodataset Feature: Point Feature Count: 31720 |
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
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DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Natural Areas Inventory SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: Unknown GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida |
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: FLEO_MAR09.DBF
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OBJECTID
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4 | OID |
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FEATURE_ID
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8 | Double |
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EO_ID
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8 | Double |
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ELCODE
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50 | String |
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EO_NUMBER
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254 | String |
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SNAME
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69 | String |
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SCOMNAME
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69 | String |
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DATASENS
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1 | String |
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EORANK
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2 | String |
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GRANK
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10 | String |
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SRANK
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10 | String |
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FEDERAL
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12 | String |
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SPROT
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10 | String |
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LASTOBS
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24 | String |
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DESCRIPTIO
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254 | String |
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EODATA
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254 | String |
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BESTSOURCE
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254 | String |
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MANAME
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254 | String |
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COUNTY
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100 | String |
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EOSIZE_AC
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40 | String |
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REP_ACC
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22 | String |
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LOC_UNCERT
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28 | String |
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QC_STAT
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1 | String |
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SYMB
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3 | String |
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MAPLABELDS
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254 | String |
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DESCRIPT
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69 | String |
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FGDLAQDATE
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36 | Date |
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SHAPE
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4 | Geometry |
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AUTOID
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4 | Integer |
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
| Item | Item Description | |
| OBJECTID |
Internal feature number. |
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| FEATURE_ID |
Unique numerical identifier for the GIS feature, software generated, for internal use by FNAI. |
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| EO_ID |
Unique numerical identifier for the element occurrence, software generated, for internal use by FNAI. |
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| ELCODE |
Unique alphanumerical identifier for the element, originally designed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Nature Serve. |
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| EO_NUMBER |
A text field for denoting a specific instance of the element. The attribute will assume one of two forms depending on whether this instance is an independent principal Element Occurrence or whether it is part of a group of related occurrences. Element occurrences of the first type are denoted by "xxx", where xxx is an integer number unique for each principal Element Occurrence of the element. Grouped (or nested) occurrences will always be comprised of a single "parent" (or principal) EO and nested within it two or more "sub-EOs". Sub-EOs , where used, thus refer to local subpopulations of the parent EO. For nested EOs the notation "xxx_yyy" is used, where xxx is an integer number for the parent Element Occurrence and yyy is an integer number uniquely identifying a sub_EO (subpopulation) nested within the parent. The notation "xxx_0" represents a special case and is used to identify the parent in a nested relationship. |
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| SNAME |
The scientific name of the element. |
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| SCOMNAME |
The common name of the element. |
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| DATASENS |
Data Sensitive - A "Y" or "N" indicating whether positional and other information on this Element Occurrence is sensitive and should be restricted from unsecured use. Examples of situations where such information may not be released include:
1) occurrences that are protected as rare species under federal law;
2) occurrences that are showy or fragile or otherwise subject to collection, intentional destruction, or harmful visits; and
3) cases where information on an occurrence from a personal source is considered proprietary until such time as the data are formally published.
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| EORANK |
Element Occurrence Rank - A code for the overall rank of the Element Occurrence. Assigned by FNAI staff according to Nature Serve guidelines and are indicative of overall viability of the occurrence. Overall viability combines factors such as size, condition, and threats to persistence from the neighboring landscape. Viability is estimated using a combination of factors that contribute to continued survival of the element at the location. Among these are the size of the EO, general condition of the EO at the site, and the conditions of the landscape surrounding the EO (e.g. an immediate threat to an EO by local development pressure could lower an EO rank).
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| GRANK |
Global Rank - The rank which best characterizes the relative rarity or endangerment of the species or community worldwide. Using a ranking system developed by The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Heritage Program Network, the Florida Natural Areas Inventory assigns two ranks for each element. The global element rank is based on an element's worldwide status; the state element rank is based on the status of the element in Florida. Element ranks are based on many factors, the most important ones being estimated number of Element Occurrences (EOs), estimated abundance (number of individuals for species; area for natural communities), range, estimated number of adequately protected EOs, relative threat of destruction, and ecological fragility. FNAI GLOBAL ELEMENT RANK
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| SRANK |
State Rank - The rank which best characterizes the relative rarity or endangerment of the species or community statewide.
FNAI STATE ELEMENT RANK
Definition parallels global element rank: substitute "S" for "G" in above global ranks, and "in Florida" for "globally" in above global rank definitions. |
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| FEDERAL |
US Endangered Species Act Classification - For plant and animal species; the appropriate standard abbreviation for the U.S. Federal Register category for the species, subspecies, or variety as proposed or determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (marine species). FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service- USFWS). Provided by FNAI for information only. For official definitions and lists of protected species, consult the relevant federal agency. Definitions derived from U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, Sec. 3. Note that the federal status given by FNAI refers only to Florida populations and that federal status may differ elsewhere.
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| SPROT |
State Protection Status - For plant and animal species only; an abbreviation of the official endangerment status or level of legal protection the state assigns to this species.
STATE LEGAL STATUS
Provided by FNAI for information only. For official definitions and lists of protected species, consult the relevant state agency.
ANIMALS: Definitions derived from "Florida's Endangered Species and Species of Special Concern, Official Lists" published by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) , and subsequent updates.
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| LASTOBS |
Last Observation - The date that the species or natural community occurrence was last observed to be extant at the site. This is not necessarily the date the site was last visited. |
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| DESCRIPTIO |
General Description - A description or "word picture" of the general area where the Element Occurrence is located. For plant and animal Elements, cites the communities at the Element Occurrence location. Also, when available, information on surrounding land use is included. These values will be subject to truncation after 254 characters. |
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| EODATA |
Element Occurrence Data - Data collected on the biology of this Element Occurrence(EO). Specific information may include number of individuals, vigor, habitat, soils, associated species, peculiar characteristics, etc. These values will be subject to truncation after 254 characters. |
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| BESTSOURCE |
Best Source - The single best source of information on the Element Occurrence. Preferably, the source should be a person, otherwise a citation to field notes, or a literature report, etc. may be used. Where a specimen(s) comprises the best source, a temporary placeholder is currently being used in the database to indicate this condition. |
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| MANAME |
Names of Managed Areas in which the EO is (or was) located. Managed Areas are public lands and private preserves belonging to organizations. |
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| COUNTY |
Abbreviation name of the county. The first four characters of the county name. It indicates the county or counties in which the element is or was located. |
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| EOSIZE_AC |
Estimated size (acres) of a polygon-shaped spatial representation of the element occurrence. The occurrences presented in this theme are all point-based, and represent the centroid of the polygon that would be needed to represent the occurrence if one were to account for the actual size of the observed area of the element at this location, plus an additional area that must be added due to uncertainty as to the true location of the occurrence. For example, suppose someone in 1997 had observed the occupied nest of a rare bird species and obtained uncorrected GPS coordinates for the location of the nest. The actual observed area of this occurrence is small (by convention, the smallest area we map is a circle of 12.5 m diameter). Now, suppose we wanted to draw a circle that we were reasonably sure contained the true location of the nest. To do this we might find we needed to draw a circle of 200 m diameter in order to account for position error due to the uncorrected nature of the GPS data. The EO size attribute for this example would be the area of the 200m diameter circle. Note that the EO size for this example would be quite large relative to the area actually observed. A user of these data must use this field in conjunction with representation accuracy (below) in order to achieve a better understanding of the fact that the element occurrence may not occur exactly at the location of the ?dot? on the map, and that the extent of the element at the site may be greater than that implied by a point feature. |
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| REP_ACC |
Representation accuracy. This is the relative amount of the total EO size (see above) that is comprised of the actual observed area of the element. Domain values are very low (>0%, <=5%), low (>5%, <=20%), medium (>20%, <=80%), high (>80%<, <=95%), very high (>95%), unknown, and ZZ (not assessed).Thus, for the example given above, representation accuracy would be low (i.e., the observed area is small compared to the area of uncertainty or, put another way, the EO size attribute is a lot bigger than what was actually seen in the field). This field should always be used in conjunction with the EO size attribute. Only through consideration of these fields together can a user obtain a sense of the uncertainty inherent in the location of the mapped point and the extent of the observation of the element at the site. |
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| LOC_UNCERT |
Locational uncertainty type. The manner in which the mapped EO departs from the "true" location on the ground.
Negligible - locational uncertainty that places the mapped position within about 6 m of the true location in any direction
Linear - locational uncertainty that is greater than 6 m and extends along a single (linear) axis
Areal-delim (Areal Delimited) - locational uncertainty that is greater than about 6 m in more than one direction, but which is constrained by known, fixed boundaries such as roads, rivers, property boundaries, etc.
Areal-estim (Areal Estimated) - locational uncertainty that is greater than 6 m in more than one direction, but that varies in extent such that a boundary cannot be drawn.
Compound(negligible in part) - the EO is comprised of multiple sources that have different kinds of uncertainty associated with them, but at least one of the sources has negligible uncertainty.
Compound(non-negligible) - the EO is comprised of multiple sources that have different kinds of uncertainty associated with them, and none of the sources has negligible uncertainty. |
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| QC_STAT |
Quality control completeness code.
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| SYMB |
Two-character code that may be useful in developing map symbology from this theme. The first character indicates the element type (A=animal, P=plant, C=natural community, O=other), while the second character indicates the size of the EO (1= less than 5 acres, 2 = greater than or equal to 5 acres). Data sensitive EOs will be coded as "DS". |
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| MAPLABELDS |
EO label for mapping convenience. When making maps from this data layer, the user may find this label easier to use than full scientific names or element codes of data elements. For most EOs, this attribute is comprised of a condensation of the scientific name of the species (or the element name if not a species), an asterisk, and the number of the specific element occurrence. Condensed names are formed by taking the first four characters of the first part of the element name (e.g. genus name) and the first four characters of the last part of the element name (e.g. species or subspecies name). For data elements designated as "sensitive" (DATASENS = "Y"), MAPLABELDS is an encrypted value that contains the characters "DS" joined to a specially coded number for the species or other element. |
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| DESCRIPT |
FGDL added field based on SNAME |
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| FGDLAQDATE |
FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source |
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| SHAPE |
Feature geometry. |
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| AUTOID |
Unique ID added by GeoPlan |
All element occurrences in this data set have been subjected to an internal quality control process by FNAI staff members. Part of this process examines the logical consistency of whether or not the mapped element seems appropriate for occurrence at the mapped location and whether or not mapped features are consistent with both the original source material and heritage program mapping standards. |
Taxonomic completeness: FNAI tracks elements of biodiversity including vascular and non-vascular plants, vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds, and mammals), invertebrates, and natural communities. All species federally listed as threatened or endangered are included, although the pondberry (Lindera melissifolia), is tracked only on a watch list. With the same exception, all NatureServe G1 and G2-ranked species are tracked, although some elements with questionable taxonomic status may be tracked under alternative names. Most Florida state-listed threatened and endangered species are tracked. Of 114 plant species listed threatened by the state of Florida (FDACS), 54 are formally tracked, 56 are watch-listed, while 4 species are considered (by FNAI) to be sufficiently common such that tracking is not warranted. Of the 431 plant species listed endangered, we track 378 species and maintain 39 species on a watch-list. All state listed (FFWCC) animal species are tracked, excluding the sei, fin, humpback, and sperm whales. Due to historical priorities and FNAI program resources, the invertebrate and fish (particularly marine and estuarine) components of biodiversity are less well represented than are the other element categories. Geographic completeness: The inventory includes truly statewide coverage of both public and private lands. Some areas which have not been as thoroughly surveyed or researched due to access restrictions include some corporate timberlands, primarily across north Florida, and several large (over 10,000 acres) private ranches, mostly in central Florida. Aquatic areas in general, and in particular marine and estuarine habitats, have not been as extensively surveyed due in part to the historical mission of FNAI and a lack of funding support for work in these areas. |
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. |
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The data set was developed to assist public and private organizations in efforts to conserve important elements of biodiversity within the state of Florida. |
Horizontal accuracy varies according to each element occurrence. Attribute fields eo_size and rep_acc provide information relative to each occurrence such that certain aspects of horizontal accuracy may be deduced. |
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan |
Use of the data is subject to provisions of the FNAI Data License Agreement, summarized as follows: Permitted Uses: 1. Licensee may use this copy of the Data on a computer network serving an unlimited number of computer terminals within the authorized Site. A Site is defined as a single building or complex of buildings with a unique street address. Licensee may not transfer, loan, rent, or lease this copy of the Data to another user outside the authorized Site. 2. Licensee may produce maps, tables, and/or reports, using all or portions of the Data provided. All or portions of the Data may be merged directly into reports produced by the Licensee. FNAI must be cited as the source of the Data in all products, publications, or presentations containing all or portions of the Data. 3. Licensee may use all or portions of this Data, alone or together with other data, to perform original analysis. Any products, publications, or presentations based on such analysis must cite FNAI as a source for original data used in the analysis. Uses Not Permitted: 1. Licensee shall not sublicense, sell, rent, lease, loan, transfer, assign, or provide access to electronic versions of these Data, in whole or in part, to unlicensed third parties, including clients or contractors. Printed versions of all or portions of these Data may only be provided to clients as part of a larger service which is contracted by the client. 2. Licensee shall not use all or portions of these Data, in electronic, print, or other medium, to create products for distribution and sale that rely principally upon these Data. 3. Licensee shall not alter any substantive feature or characteristic of these Data. Alterations for aesthetic purposes, such as changes to the style and/or color of markers, polygon shadings, or fonts, are permitted. |
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Florida Natural Areas Inventory: http://www.fnai.org/ |
Shapefile created. Process Date: 2009-03-25 |
Projection ALBERS Datum HPGN Units METERS Spheroid GRS1980 1st Standard Parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd Standard Parallel 31 30 0.000 Central Meridian -84 00 0.000 Latitude of Projection's Origin 24 0 0.000 False Easting (meters) 400000.00000 False Northing (meters) 0.00000
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